Verdict a 'mixed bag' for wrongfully convicted man

SAN ANGELO, Texas—A Texas man who spent nearly 25 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife says the conviction of her real killer is a "mixed bag."

Jurors in San Angelo on Wednesday found Mark Alan Norwood guilty of capital murder in the death of Christine Morton. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Morton's husband, Michael Morton, was initially convicted in her 1986 death, but he was freed in 2011 after new DNA testing on a bandanna found near the couple's home exonerated him and linked Norwood to the crime.

The Austin American-Statesman reports ( http://bit.ly/10a8C5u) Morton said the verdict was "a mixed bag. It's not a celebration, and it's not a happy day."

The newspaper says Morton hugged Norwood's mother and brother after the verdict.